The varsity baseball team exploded for five runs in the first inning, getting six straight hits before Army could put a man out, but still required an assist from the Cadets to win a tense, 7-5 contest at West Point yesterday. The win evens the Crimson's EIBL record at two wins and two losses, and today's contest with Brown should push it over the .500 mark.

Dick Garibaldi will attempt to give Harvard a three game winning strak when he takes the mound this afternoon.

A Glorious First

In Harvard's glorious first inning. Curly Combs led off with a single, Tom Bilodeau followed with another and then Terry Bartolet singled Combs home, with Bilodeau holding up at second. First baseman Tom Stephenson then cleared the bases with a long home run to put Harvard out in front four to nothing.

But Crimson bats were not to be silenced yet. Gavin Gilmor drove a single sharply to left, and George Sargent sent Gilmor scampering to second with another one base blow. Gilmor, however, did not find second base to his liking, and promptly stole third. Dick Diehl then grounded into a double play, and Gilmor scored on the play.

The Crimson couldn't score another earned run after the first inning, however. In the fourth, Army simply gave the varsity a run Curly Combs reached first on an error and then advanced to second on a wild pitch. Bilodeau blooped a short single to left and Combs held at third.

Then, Army really swung into action. Bilodeau took a long lead at first, and the cleaver Cadet hurler fired his pickoff peg to first. The Cadets had Bilodeau trapped in a rundown. Happily, they for-got about Gilmor at third, who took off for the plate.

Cadets See Gllmor

The military finally awoke--just late enough so that Gilmor was safe and just before they made the putout on Bilodeau, who advanced to second on the play at the plate.

Dlehi scored the final Crimson run in the fifth. After he doubled, Gary Miller sent a grounder down the third base line which the Cadet third baseman obligingly let roll on out into left for a two base error.